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Describe how a pyramidal peak is formed.
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Ice accumulates in the pre-existing depressions/hollows on the mountain top.
Ice exerts pressure on the hollows.
Plucking action of ice enlarges the hollows allowing more ice to accumulate.
Freeze and thaw action leads to expansion of the hollows making them large basins called cirques.
Nivation acts on the back wall of adjacent basins making them recede into the mountain side.
Steep knife edged ridges called arĂȘtes are formed which separate the basins.
Three or more of these ridges converge at the mountain top forming a sharp and steep pointed peak called a pyramidal peak.
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